The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-07-08


surd appearance to-day. I shrewdly
suspect their father has been giving
them curtain lecture on the follies of
fashion, and they are giving him an
ocular demonstration of his own
IDEAS
| .sThe dickens they are!' muttered;
the interested listener on the other side
| of the tree.
but surely, he has no need TO re-
strict them in any reasonable desires"
said the first voice.
| "Oh, no!'' replied the other, s'but
they dc say he is stingy old bear in
his own family, and though the girls
appear neatly and tastefnlly dressed in
public, my wife tells me that they are
obliged to turn and return and make
over as rigidly as if they were at the
very foot of the ladder, instead of at
the top
cts shamer' broke out the young
er man, with warmth, 'saman don't de-
serve family who viii treat them in
that way.
'tThat's true " replied the elder gem
tleman, and his tone had shade of
sadness in it, Il would give all I'm
| worth, if / had those merry girls to
make sunshine in my quiet home, and
he sighed, as he thought of PARKWAY
cemetery, where the hopes of lifetime
lay buried.
"Chauncy Harrison can not expect
to keep them very long for they are
too attractive to remain in the home
nest, and he can well afford to make
their lives happy and free from petty
| cares while they do stay with him.,
later years will bring sorrow and cares
quickly enough, and if my girls had
lived, | should have wished them to go
out from my home with only pleasant
memories of it, concluded the speak
err, with feeling.
"And the wife?" said the other. in
quiringly.
Zone of the gentlest and wisest of
little women was the reply, "and it
is largely owing to her wisdom and
economy, that he is where he is to-
day.
"And presume he doles out every
dollar as if she was his paid servant"
replied the other, Indignantly.
For my part, when / get a wife |
intend to put certain sum in the bank
to her credit, and give her the use of
it unreservedly; it must be so unutter-
ably calling to woman with any
/ spirit whatever to be obliged to ask for
every dollar she uses"
And especially, when she can just
| ly feel that she has done her full share
in earning the family living" replied,
the other. ''Of course there are ex-
ceptional cases, where woman may
be over extravagant and unfit to be
trusted with unrestricted means, but /
do think, when a woman proves, as
Mrs. Harrison has, that she is careful
and economical financier, she should
have her share in the family prosperity,
and be relieved from the petty cares of
saving, and contriving, after the neces-
sity for it is over"
i just here the conversation was in
terrupted by Kitty, who came tripping
along toward the umbrella Oh the 9th
er side of the tree; usually her move
ments were most graceful, but to-day
the short, fappy dress persisted in
catching on the tops of her big shoes,
in most awkward manner.
'Why, papa, are you tired Of us, that
you get away by yourselfP' she asked,
sweetly, as she curled down by his side;
meanwhile the gentlemen had risen,
and, looking at each other with horri-
fed faces, had beaten precipitate re-
treat.
mo, Kitty; no." he replied, in an
unusually gentle tone, and placing
caressing hand on the trim wrist, "but
| am thinking, 50 run away, dear,
please, " and Kitty wisely obeyed.
Yes, he was thinking, and his train
OF thought was on new line, as he
pondered over and over the words he
had heard, and, somehow, as he
weighed his merry daughters, with
their pretty, winsome ways, and their
gentle mother in the balance with his
long bank account, the money side
| grew wonderfully light, and he thought
| with q shudder, of what the world
would be to him with even one of the
| loved one taken from him.
Stingy old bear;' that just de-
scribes it, he said to himself, as he
looked back over the many contests, in
which the very least which could be
made to supply the family wants had
been grudgingly given, only too fire.
quently, with bitter words which made
the giving worse than a charity.
| Hasn't this been most delightful
day, papa?" said Polly, who escorted
! her father home from the train.
EYES," assented Mr.. Harrison, So
berly, "and a most profitable one
also, = and he meant his words, most
sincerely.
II don't think so, said Kitty as they
were entering the gate, g for / have a
horrid green grass stain right on the
hem of my dress, and I shall have to
| put in new breadth before I can wear
| it to the party" and Mr.. Harrison bit
his lip at the allusion to their compact,
but said nothing.
"Poor papa; he was so ashamed of
us" said Kitty, as the girls retired to
their bed, actually, Nell, never was
so sorry for any one in my life"
i "Girls," said Mr. Harrison the next
morning at breakfast, ''didn't hear
you say something about a party to
which you had been invited?n with an
innocent air of inquiring for informa-
| ton.
''At Mrs. Lincoln's, perhaps, you
mean,n replied Nell, falling in with
| his conceit, and willing to ignore the
past.
/ you may need little pin money
i for the occasion, he continued, tax